Douglas DC-6 crash, Mar 3, 1992, Selawik
Douglas DC-6 accident on March 3, 1992 near Selawik, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning and...
- Date: March 3, 1992
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Selawik, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning and disregard of aircraft performance data. Contributing factors were the extremely cold temperatures, the icy runway, and the tailwind.
A Douglas DC-6 fuel tanker landed at Selawik with a light tailwind on an icy gravel runway. It overran the far end onto a frozen river because the propellers were slow to reverse and braking was insufficient. The crew had used stopping performance data for concrete runways. No one was injured.